Global-Talent-Trends-2019

2019
Global
Talent
Trends
The 4 trends transforming
your workplace
The
employeremployee
relationship
is evolving
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Employers traditionally hold the position of power in the
workplace: they decide where people work, at what cost, and how
much information is shared. But this dynamic is changing.
As technology empowers employees to share and access more
information, employers are being held to a higher standard.
Employees expect more transparency, flexibility, and objective
assessments from the companies that hope to attract and retain
them. In turn, companies are starting to embrace a more equal
employer-employee relationship—not just because it looks good,
but because it’s good for business.
After interviewing company leaders, speaking with experts, and
observing activity on the LinkedIn platform, we’ve identified the
following four trends that demonstrate this emerging dynamic:
soft skills, work flexibility, anti-harassment, and pay transparency.
This report combines a survey of over 5,000 talent professionals
in 35 countries with behavioral data from LinkedIn and useful
advice to help companies take action on these trends.
The 4 trends transforming your workplace
Percentage of talent professionals who agree these trends are very important to the future of recruiting and HR
Soft skills
91%
Work flexibility
72%
Anti-harassment
71%
Pay transparency
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Table of
contents
Soft skills
5
Work flexibility
21
Anti-harassment
38
Pay transparency
55
Methodology
70
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Soft skills
Where machines
can’t compete
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“”
While hard skills may get a
candidate’s foot in the door,
it’s soft skills that ultimately open it.
Lydia Liu
Head of HR, Home Credit Consumer Finance Co. Ltd.
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Getting
serious about
soft skills
Soft skills have always been important, and they’re increasingly vital
today. The rise of automation and artificial intelligence means that
hard skills alone are no longer enough to be successful.
And while the half-life of many hard skills is shrinking, soft skills
stay relevant: a particular programming language may go out of
fashion, but creativity, adaptability, and collaboration skills will
always be valuable.
Many companies still struggle to accurately assess soft skills, despite
their growing value. If companies want a hiring strategy for the
future, they need to change how they identify and hire for soft skills.
80%
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say soft skills
are increasingly
important to
company success
Creativity is crucial in
the age of automation
According to LinkedIn behavioral data, creativity is the
most in-demand soft skill in short supply. While many
people only associate creativity with art or design, it’s
a skill that’s applicable to almost any role. Creativity is
simply solving problems in original ways—a skill that
machines can’t easily replicate.
This trend will likely continue: a recent McKinsey
study predicts that as automation transforms the
skills companies need, demand for creativity will rise
sharply by 2030.2
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Soft skills companies need,
but have a hard time finding
Soft skills in high demand relative to their supply,
based on LinkedIn data
1. Creativity
2. Persuasion
3. Collaboration
4. Adaptability
5. Time Management
Most hiring and firing
decisions come down
to soft skills
It’s more important to hire for:
Let’s be clear: hard skills matter.
8%
30%
Soft skills
62%
Soft and hard skills
92%
say soft skills matter
as much or more
than hard skills
Hard skills
A programmer needs coding skills and a translator
needs language skills to succeed at the most basic
level of their jobs. But since there are often clear,
consistent ways to evaluate these hard skills, there’s
less of a chance that someone without them could
slip by and get hired.
Identifying poor soft skills, however, is much harder,
which is why they’re often discovered too late, after
a hire has been made. As the data to the right shows,
bad hires are almost never a matter of hard skills
alone. Talent professionals know this, which is why
they prioritize soft skills alongside hard skills during
the hiring process.
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Bad hires usually lack:
45%
Soft skills
44%
Soft and hard skills
11%
Hard skills
89%
say bad hires typically
lack soft skills
Companies struggle to
assess soft skills without
a formal process
Only
In a typical job interview, you mostly ask the candidate
about their hard skills and experience to see if they’re a fit.
have a formal process
to assess soft skills
Soft skills are often approached less directly. In fact, 68%
of talent professionals say the main way they assess soft
skills is by picking up on social cues in interviews. She
seemed upbeat, so she’s probably a good collaborator; he
seemed nervous, so he’s probably not a good leader.
The problem is that these perceptions aren’t predictive,
and worse, they’re often unconsciously biased. 3
Unfortunately, this unstructured approach is extremely
common—which is probably why so many struggle to
assess soft skills accurately and consistently.
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41%
57%
struggle to assess
soft skills accurately
The go-to assessment
methods don’t
measure up
The most common ways to
assess soft skills
Percentage of talent professionals who say their company
uses the following methods to assess soft skills
Despite the importance of soft skills, the most common
ways to measure them haven’t changed over the past
few decades. Companies overwhelmingly rely on asking
interview questions and observing candidates’ body
language. While behavioral and situational questions can
be effective if applied consistently, they’re susceptible to
bias and often elicit well-rehearsed answers.
Behavioral questions
Other methods that go beyond the interview aren’t as
popular yet, but could lead to less biased assessments.
Projects let you see candidates’ soft skills in action; techbased assessments like Koru, Pymetrics, and Plum use AI
to measure candidates’ soft skills more systematically.
Projects
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75%
Reading body language
70%
Situational questions
58%
31%
Tech-based assessments
17%
6 tips
to help you
assess soft skills
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Tip 1
Determine
the soft skills
valued most at
your company
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Interview leaders and discuss the softs skills your
organization needs to succeed. See what skills
your top performers share and also consider what
skills you’ll need to navigate any future challenges.
A tool like LinkedIn Skills Insights can give you
details of where your employees excel or fall short.
Tip 2
Tip 3
Tip 4
Identify and define
the skills needed
for the role
Consider online
tools to prescreen
candidates
Be mindful
that bias can
creep in
Along with looking for skills
needed company-wide, make
sure your hiring managers and
recruiters agree on the most
important soft skills for a given
job. Be sure to clearly define any
soft skills you’ll be assessing: since
they’re less tangible than hard
skills, it’s important to confirm
everyone is on the same page.
Tools like Koru, Pymetrics, and
others let candidates take quick
online assessments as they apply. By
analyzing the way candidates answer
questions or play games, these tools
assess their soft skills systematically
and with less bias (ideally). These
insights can help guide your
interviews to the candidate’s
strengths and weaknesses.
When it comes to soft skills,
inconsistent, unstructured
interviews are highly susceptible
to unconscious bias. For example,
you might prefer a candidate
because they remind you of
yourself (similarity bias), but
chalk it up to their “leadership
potential” without defining or
measuring it. 4
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Tip 5
Tip 6
Standardize
your interview
questions
Ask problem-solving
questions to see
soft skills in action
There’s nothing wrong with
asking behavioral and situational
interview questions, so long as
you’re using them consistently.
Train interviewers to ask a
standard set of questions suited
to the skills you’re targeting. This
allows you to easily compare
evaluations, even if they’re done
by different interviewers.
First, ask the candidate to solve a
problem with their hard skills (e.g.,
outlining a 90-day plan to launch
a new product in Germany). Then
introduce new constraints and
conditions (e.g., only give them
30 days, or double their budget).
See how they adapt to change,
build on your feedback, and
communicate their approach. 5
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Case
studies
in soft skills
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Citi screens for
potential with
AI-powered
assessments
“”
We want to be more data-driven, but we’re not
removing relationships or humans from the interview
process. When students accept our offers, they say
it’s because of the people here.
Courtney Storz
Head of Global Campus Recruiting
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Why
As the competition for graduate talent heats up, Wall Street firms
are talking to students earlier and earlier—often before they’ve
developed the required technical skills. That’s why Citi puts a
greater focus on hiring for potential by assessing soft skills and
recently added new elements to their graduate hiring process.
How
Problem-solving case studies and group exercises showcase
candidates’ collaboration, communication, and leadership skills.
Citi is also piloting Koru, an online soft skills assessment, for their
graduate hiring. The AI-powered tool lets them assess a wider
pool of applicants and enables interviewers to ask more in-depth
questions about a candidate’s strengths and weaknesses.
Outcome
Putting a premium on soft skills has allowed Citi to significantly
expand their entry-level talent pipeline beyond their usual core
schools—creating a more diverse workforce and reducing bias.
White &
Case focuses
on six core
competencies
“”
We’re not just looking for the ‘best talent,’ we’re
looking for the best talent for White & Case,
and those are two different things.
Antonia Choi
Global Director of Recruiting and
Employer Branding Leader
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Why
Over the last few years, the law firm White & Case has made
soft skills fundamental to their hiring process. While in the
past they followed a looser approach to interviewing, the firm
recently decided to start measuring soft skills more consistently
and put a plan into action.
How
As a first step, the firm interviewed teams across multiple
regions to determine its “core competencies”—the six soft skills
and behaviors that make someone successful at White & Case.
Interviewers were then trained to identify the competencies
through behavioral questions and encouraged to dig deeper
with incisive follow-ups.
Outcome
Since putting more weight on competencies and behaviors,
White & Case has made better hiring decisions: candidates
who may have otherwise flown under the radar have become
some of the firm’s best and brightest.
BYTON
standardized
its interview
questions
“”
You always need the right hard skills to get
the job done, but you need the right soft
skills for outstanding performance.
Julia Zhu
VP of Global Recruiting
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Why
BYTON, an electric car startup headquartered in China,
valued both soft and hard skills—but only measured the latter
consistently. This meant that people with the right technical skills
and experience sometimes lacked critical soft skills like decision
making and accountability—significantly impeding the speed
and quality of projects.
How
In growing to over 1,300 employees in two years, BYTON has
gotten rigorous about soft skills. They now use hiring panels
with a standardized set of situational interview questions to
systematically assess soft skills. BYTON recruiters also pay special
attention to any behavioral red flags they might notice throughout
the candidate journey.
Outcome
Since BYTON started systematically assessing candidates’ soft
skills, the company has been making more accurate evaluations
and fewer bad hires: there has been significant decrease in
turnover during probationary periods.
Importance of soft skills
around the world
Percentages of talent professionals who say soft skills
are very important to the future of recruiting and HR
96%
95%
95%
95%
95%
95%
94%
93%
93%
92%
91%
90%
90%
89%
88%
85%
82%
Mexico
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Brazil
India
Italy
Southeast
Asia
Spain
Canada
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China
Middle East & Argentina
North Africa
Australia
US
UK
France
Germany
Netherlands
Northern
Europe
Work
flexibility
Empowering employees to
work when and where they want
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“”
Work flexibility is becoming the norm. The challenge
is how fast can organizations provide it. Those that
can are going to be in a far better position to retain
top talent over the next three to five years.
Jason Phillips
VP Digital HR & Global Chief of Staff, Cisco
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Flexible is the new normal
Today, it’s perfectly normal to instant message a
coworker on another continent, answer a work email
while waiting in the grocery line, or finish up a
presentation at home after dinner.
Technology has taken work beyond the traditional
workplace and office hours—for better, and for worse.
In response, employees expect to reclaim their work-life
balance through flexibility: the freedom to work where
and when they want, within reason.
It’s now often a top priority for candidates when choosing
a job, and employers increasingly promote their flex
policies in job posts. Flexibility can improve productivity
and retention, but brings a new set of challenges—like
difficulties in collaboration and bonding.
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More employees want flexibility
Percentage of LinkedIn members who say flexible work arrangements
are very important when considering a job
31%
28%
27%
25%
2013
26%
2014
2015
+78%
2016
2017
increase in job
posts on LinkedIn
that mention work
flexibility since 2016
Flexibility varies by
industry, with tech
leading the way
Remote work allowed by industry
Percentage of talent professionals in each industry who say their
company allows employees to work remotely at times
Allowed
While the majority of talent professionals say their
company offers some work flexibility (remote work or
flexible hours), that isn’t the case in every industry.
Only in special circumstances
Not allowed
Software and IT
72%
24%
4%
Finance
Some jobs are impossible to do remotely or outside of
regular hours. A factory worker or surgeon, for example,
can’t easily work from home or change their schedule at
will—but a software engineer can.
So it’s no surprise the industry with the most flexible
working conditions is tech, while the least flexible
are manufacturing and healthcare. Just 43% of talent
professionals in manufacturing and healthcare say their
companies allow remote work at least some of the time,
compared to 72% of those in the software industry.
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62%
26%
12%
Corporate Services
57%
31%
12%
Healthcare
43%
44%
12%
Manufacturing
43%
38%
19%
What’s good for employees
is good for business
While the clearest benefit of flexibility is greater worklife balance for employees, it also helps employers
attract and retain talent while boosting productivity.
A recent Stanford study in China showed that letting
employees work from home increased productivity by
13% and reduced turnover by 50%. The results were
so successful that the company, Ctrip, rolled out the
policy to all 16,000 employees—and saw even greater
productivity gains: an increase of 22%. 6
Top benefits of work flexibility
Percentage of talent professionals who say the following
are among the main benefits of work flexibility
Improves employee work-life balance
77%
Encourages retention
54%
Attracts candidates
51%
Increases productivity
42%
Expands available talent pool
38%
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Greater flexibility can
lead to greater diversity
Different lifestyles require different degrees of flexibility.
If you aren’t offering flexibility, you’re missing out on a
diverse range of candidates.
For example, women are 22% more likely than men
to cite flexible work arrangements as a very important
factor when considering a job, with those ages 36 to 45
being the most likely to do so.7
“It’s not just working moms,” adds Sara Sutton, founder
of the organization 1 Million for Work Flexibility. “It’s
people with disabilities, military spouses, people with
health problems, caretakers, and people living in rural
or economically disadvantaged areas. People need and
want work flexibility for a lot of different reasons.”
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Flexibility matters when
choosing a job
Percentage of LinkedIn members who say flexible work
arrangements are very important when considering a job
36% 29%
Women
Men
Remote work has downsides,
but these tools can help
A few companies, like IBM and Yahoo, have publicly
moved away from flexibility in the past, citing the
difficulties of collaborating remotely. While many
talent professionals agree those are real challenges,
they also believe they can be overcome with the help
of increasingly popular tech tools.
Companies are rapidly adopting instant messaging
platforms like Slack and Microsoft Teams,9 and video
conferencing platforms like GoToMeeting, Webex,
and Skype are already in wide use. These tools help
recreate the immediacy and informality of being in
the same room, while allowing colleagues to work at
different places and times.
Top challenges of remote work
Talent professionals say the following are the main
challenges of employees working remotely
1. Team bonding
2. Collaboration
3. Work oversight
Top ways to overcome remote
work challenges
Talent professionals say the following solutions help them
overcome the challenges of employees working remotely
1. Instant messaging
2. Audio conferencing
3. Video conferencing
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6 steps
to building
a flexible
work culture
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Step 1
Know what types
of flexibility your
employees want
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Survey your workforce to see what they need. The
most in-demand types of flexibility are the ability to
work remotely at times while keeping an assigned
desk, the autonomy to step away for a few hours for
personal reasons, and the freedom to shift hours
(e.g., to avoid rush-hour traffic).10
Step 2
Step 3
Step 4
Partner with
teams outside
of HR
Help employees
connect through
technology
Talk up
your flex
policies
Equipping flex workers with the
right technology can make them
more productive, and optimizing
your office space for a semiremote workforce can help you
save money on real estate. Work
with your IT and facilities teams
from the beginning to ensure
you’re supporting employees and
efficiently using your space.
Remote workers can often
feel isolated or left out. Video
conferencing and instant messaging
can recreate the real-time availability
of walking up to someone’s desk or
chatting around the proverbial water
cooler. These tools aren’t just useful
for collaborating—they’re helpful for
team building, too.
HR teams often find that
employees don’t know the
company’s policies. Promote
your flexibility policy in
job descriptions, candidate
interviews, and employee
meetings. Set expectations,
answer questions, and clear
up common misconceptions.
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Step 5
Step 6
Train leaders
to manage
flexible workers
Be flexible
about
flexibility
It’s not just a matter of changing
policies or technology: your
work culture needs to adjust,
too. Organize training sessions
to help managers lead flexible
teams. Training should focus
on technical aspects as well
as cultural ones, like keeping
remote workers engaged.
You can tailor your flexibility
policies to fit local cultural
contexts, needs, and goals. And
as technology progresses and
makes flexibility more feasible for
more employees, reevaluate your
policies to see how you can make
them more inclusive.
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Case
studies
in work flexibility
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Sodexo
tailors global
principles to
local needs
“”
It’s all about creating an inclusive culture where
each individual’s needs are being met along
the way, so long as the work gets done.
Jodi Davidson
Director of D&I Initiatives
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Why
When Sodexo first introduced flexible work, it did so rather
rigidly—employees had to submit formal proposals just to ask for
the option. After 10 years, the company has learned to go with
the “FLOW” (FLexibility Optimizes Work), a business-based
practice that’s building flexibility into the work lives of its 427,000
employees around the globe.11
How
The global guidelines are enacted differently across 80 countries.
In Belgium, employees are encouraged to arrive late and leave
early to work from home, allowing them to avoid stressful rushhour commutes. In India, people can work half-time jobs and take
unpaid family leave for up to two years—policies that have rapidly
increased the number of women working there.
Outcome
In a recent survey, most US Sodexo employees said they feel more
productive with flex arrangements. Jodi Davidson, Director of D&I
Initiatives, saw how powerful flexibility can be. Her father recently
passed away, but Jodi was able to be his hospice caretaker by
working from her parents’ house during his last months. Jodi is
grateful and says she has tremendous loyalty to Sodexo.
Dell saves
millions with
work flexibility
“”
Work is what you do and not a place you go.
Our value proposition is clear and simple:
to enable our team members to do their best
work regardless of the where and when.
Why
For Dell, work flexibility is more than just a perk for employees.
It’s a serious business initiative with bottom-line impact. Its flexible
work program, which enables employees to work remotely and at
variable hours, has saved Dell an average of $12 million annually
since 2014 due to reduced office space requirements.12
How
Dell believes its flex program is so successful because HR
partnered closely with IT and facilities teams from the very start.
By making sure employees had the right training, technology,
and workspaces for their chosen work style, the transformation
was relatively seamless. The company’s flexible policies work
hand-in-hand with its culture, which prizes trust, accountability,
and results over visibility and oversight. Dell makes a point of
holding remote and on-site employees to the same standards—
it’s about performance, not appearance.
Outcome
Mohammed Chahdi
Director, Global Human Resource
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Today, nearly 60% of employees work flexibly, and the Net
Promoter Score of employees who work remotely tends to be
20% higher than the score of those who don’t.13
Humana expands
flexibility as
technology
evolves
“”
Recognize that work flexibility will be gradual.
It takes big changes to both your technology
infrastructure and your culture.
Kourtlee Gravil
Director of Talent Acquisition
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Why
At Humana, a US healthcare company, roughly half of employees
took advantage of remote work policies, which were revamped
and championed in 2016. The call center team, however, couldn’t;
their calls had to be recorded at their desks.
How
After a call center leader requested a way for employees to work
from home, Humana launched a study to see what was possible.
While at-home setups weren’t feasible before, the study found
a new tech solution that worked. In 2018, Humana piloted a
new flexible work style—equipping call center employees with
at-home technology and replacing assigned desks with more
flexible shared ones.
Outcome
When new technology became available, Humana adapted
to help this group of employees enjoy the same flexibility as
the rest of the workforce. Offering robust flexibility helps the
company attract talent and allows them to source candidates
from areas beyond their local offices.
Appen helps
flex workers
connect and
reduces attrition
“”
Flexibility is a key part of our culture and contributes
to effectively operating a growing global business,
attracting talent, and meeting the needs of clients.
Why
Appen, a machine learning company, has over 350 full-time
employees across seven countries and over a million contractors
across the globe. Employees have flexible working options and
contractors are 100% remote. After an internal survey, Appen
found that while people enjoyed the flexibility, they sometimes
felt isolated.
How
In 2017, to foster a sense of community, Appen began to invest
in tools and practices to make at-home work more collaborative.
The company built an internal community forum where flex
workers can offer advice, troubleshoot common issues, and get
to know each other. At the same time, Appen invested in video
conferencing, instant messaging, and document collaboration
solutions. They’re also using LinkedIn Learning courses to train
leaders how to manage flexible workers.
Outcome
Kerri Reynolds
SVP of Recruiting and HR
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Appen saw its turnover quickly decline. In just one year, the
company’s employee attrition rate fell by 5%. And in its most
recent employee survey, 80% of Appen’s core workforce said
they were satisfied with their jobs.
Importance of work flexibility
around the world
Percentages of talent professionals who say work flexibility
is very important to the future of recruiting and HR
85%
84%
83%
75%
75%
75%
72%
71%
71%
69%
69%
68%
67%
66%
65%
64%
52%
Northern
Europe
37
Australia
Spain
Germany
US
UK
France
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Canada
Southeast
Asia
Argentina
Netherlands
Italy
India
Brazil
Middle East &
North Africa
Mexico
China
Antiharassment
Establishing a culture of respect
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“”
Many companies have anti-harassment
policies, but policies alone don’t stop
harassment. You have to create a culture
of respect to ensure a safe workplace.
Janine Yancey
CEO, Emtrain
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There’s a new
light shining
on sexual
harassment
Sexual harassment has plagued the workplace for a long time. No region,
industry, or income bracket is immune. But in the past two years, more people
have spoken out, demonstrating the scope of the problem and demanding
that companies do a better job of handling and preventing harassment.
What began as buzz around high-profile harassment cases in the US
entertainment industry quickly grew into an international conversation.
The #MeToo movement, founded by Tarana Burke in 2007, became a
viral hashtag in October 2017, with countless numbers of women and men
sharing their own personal stories of sexual harassment and assault—often
in the workplace.
As more stories come to light, companies face growing pressure from
employees to take action. Employers are seeing anti-harassment as a business
necessity, not just a legal and moral one. Hostile workplaces hurt the bottom
line through lost productivity and turnover, while respectful ones attract
talent and improve engagement. Since preventing harassment and building
respectful cultures are two sides of the same coin, companies are facing a
cultural mandate, not a one-off HR play.
+71%
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YoY increase
in workplace
harassment content
shared on LinkedIn
Small employee
actions add up to
big cultural change
How employee anti-harassment
behavior has changed
Talent professionals say they’ve noticed the following behavioral
changes among employees over the last two years
1. Speaking up more when uncomfortable
2. Discussing social issues more openly
Employees are starting to feel more empowered to
stand up against harassment—not just by calling for
change, but by changing their own workplace behavior.
Most talent professionals (75%) have noticed some
behavior change in employees over the last two years.
Employees have become more vocal and open about
harassment issues and less tolerant of bad behavior.
Workplace dynamics are slowly but surely changing,
empowering people to confront sexual harassment.
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3. Calling out bad behavior more
4. Telling fewer insensitive jokes
5. Willing to listen more
Employers are taking
action, but have a
long way to go
Most common
anti-harassment tactics
Percentage of talent professionals saying their company
started taking the following actions over the last year
Highlight existing policies
37%
Promote ways to safely report
While 80% of talent professionals say their company is
doing something about harassment, the way employers
approach the problem varies significantly.
37%
Add or improve policies
35%
Establish zero-tolerance policy
The two most common tactics are about improving
communication. Next come more substantive efforts,
such as revising the policies themselves and offering
training sessions.
Toward the bottom of the chart, we see employers have
made less headway when it comes to larger systemic
changes, like increasing their gender diversity or
revamping their investigative procedures. Finally, using
third-party organizations to receive reports and audit
practices are among the least-used anti-harassment tactics.
34%
Hold training sessions
33%
Increase gender diversity of leadership
26%
Add more ways to safely report
25%
Add or improve investigation practices
18%
Use third party to audit culture and practices
9%
Use third party to receive reports
9%
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Women see more
female leadership as key
to safer workplaces
Compared to their male counterparts, female talent professionals
are more likely to say anti-harassment tactics are effective at
creating a safer work environment.
Women in HR and hiring see the value of increasing the gender
diversity of leadership: most say it’s an effective tactic to create
safer workplaces, while only about one-third of men agree. Since
women are disproportionately the victims of sexual harassment,14
female leaders may be more sensitive to the issue and thus more
likely to use their influence to combat it. And when leaders take
harassment seriously, employees do the same.15
Most effective
anti-harassment tactics
Percentage of talent professionals who say the
following actions are most effective, by gender
Women
Men
Promote ways to safely report
65%
59%
Establish zero-tolerance policy
65%
59%
Add more ways to safely report
56%
51%
Hold training sessions
53%
51%
Increase gender diversity of leadership
37%
While a majority of both male and female talent professionals
believe in adding more ways to report harassment, only 25% say
their company is doing so, as the data on the previous page shows.
This is a clear call-to-action for employers looking to do more.
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51%
Add or improve policies
44%
39%
Asia-Pacific is taking the most
action against harassment
Anti-harassment is an especially hot-button issue in India, where
87% of talent professionals agree that harassment prevention is a
very important trend for the future of hiring and HR, compared
to just 71% globally. In many European countries, agreement is
even lower: in Germany only 47% say it’s an important trend.
Percentage of talent professionals who say their company started taking the following actions over the last year, by region
Asia-Pacific
Europe, Middle East, and Africa
Latin America
47%
North America
45%
44%
34%
42%
41%
35%
34%
28%
22%
25%
24%
22%
23% 25%
27%
22%
25%
20%
17%
Add ways to safely report
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Hold training sessions
Establish zero-tolerance policy
Highlight existing policies
4 steps
to help
combat
harassment
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Step 1
Take the
pulse of your
organization
You need to understand where you are before
you can see what needs to change. Find out
how your employees experience your antiharassment policies and practices as they
relate to training, communication, reporting,
and responding. Use this knowledge to get
leadership buy-in and start charting a path to
a more respectful workplace.
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Step 1: Take the pulse of your organization
Review your
existing policy
Understand what your
employees want
Re-evaluate your harassment policy
against legal requirements, and
consult with your legal team and other
stakeholders to glean best practices
from industry peers. If you don’t have
a policy yet, start creating one.
Survey employees to assess your
culture. Find out what a respectful
work environment looks like to them.
Consider using a third party for added
anonymity and evidence-based survey
practices to poll employees about such
sensitive topics.
Rethink well-intentioned
practices that can backfire
Get buy-in
from the top
‘Zero tolerance’ and its severe
consequences may deter victims
from reporting more minor incidents.
Anonymous reporting can lead to legal
limbo and unresolved issues. ‘Forced
arbitration’ can silence survivors and let
harassers move on to other companies.
The more leadership support you
have, the easier it will be to make
an impact. Senior management
will want to see data, so use the
employee and peer insights you’ve
gathered as rationale for creating or
revising your policies.
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“”
One of the best business cases for
anti-harassment is retention. Most
victims don’t report incidents; they
quit, and you lose good people.
Jess Ladd
Founder, Callisto
Step 2
Give your
policy a refresh
If you haven’t received any harassment
complaints, that doesn’t mean you don’t have
a problem. It may mean there’s something
wrong with your policy, how you communicate
it, or how you enforce it. This step is about
rethinking the nuts and bolts of the policy
itself. Use the insights you gathered from the
first phase to inform any changes.
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Step 2: Give your policy a refresh
Tell people exactly how you
handle harassment claims
Give employees multiple
ways to report
Victims often don’t report harassment when
they don’t know how it’s defined or what’s
involved at each stage of the response. Some
don’t report because they fear losing control
of the situation. Build trust by clearly defining
harassment, your procedures, and when the
process is out of their hands.
Reporting preferences will vary, so offering
a variety of ways for victims to come forward
(e.g., via phone, email, online, in-person)
increases the chances they will. Using a third
party to field complaints signals you’re aware
of potential conflicts of interest but still want to
encourage reports.
Define good
behavior, too
Adapt your policy to
local needs
Instead of just focusing on bad behavior,
talk about good behavior as well. Use a
color scale such as Emtrain’s Workplace
Color Spectrum, in which green is positive
behavior, red is illegal or toxic, and yellow
and orange fall in between. A universal
language makes it easier to both speak up
and be understood.
For multinational companies, aim for a
cohesive policy across locations that’s still
sensitive to local nuances. Stay on top of
laws in different states and countries so you
can leverage best practices before you’re
legally required to do so.
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“”
Having a very clear explanation
of your policy online is the most
important thing you can do to
encourage victims to come forward.
It’s so simple and unsexy, yet so
many institutions fail to do so.
Jess Ladd
Founder, Callisto
Step 3
Train and
communicate
Harassment is often more nuanced than
outright physical or sexual assault. Many times,
offenses leave victims feeling bad, but not so
bad that they rush to a lawyer. Good training
and communication can help your employees
navigate all types of situations.
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Step 3: Train and communicate
Focus on the gray areas
Make it interactive and personal
Offer tools and language employees can
use to manage more minor situations so that
they don’t escalate or repeat. Employees
often don’t know the right language to
use in awkward interactions, so give them
phrasing suggestions.
Consider role-playing exercises or
hiring actors to play out scenarios for
discussion and teaching. Break the ice
with personal anecdotes to build trust
and empathy. Online training is also a
practical solution.16
Be inclusive of all victims
Don’t reinvent the wheel
Include examples of non-traditional victim
groups in your training, e.g., men and samesex victim-harasser pairs. Also consider
training managers separately due to their
higher level of responsibility and power.
Complement customized training with
external resources. Regardless of your
company’s legal requirements, consider
using workplace sexual harassment
resources from governmental sources
(e.g., the US’s EEOC checklists)
and nonprofits (e.g., WIRe’s list of
international resources).
Don’t forget the bystanders
Empower employees to step in when they
witness an offense, not just when they’re
a target. Giving bystanders tools and
language they can use creates more allies
and thus more cultural impact.
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“”
Creating a culture of respect is
more than memorizing do’s and
don’ts of behavior. It’s a skill that
employees need to develop.
Companies need to give them the
resources to practice those skills.
Janine Yancey
CEO, Emtrain
Step 4
Respond and
follow up
Most people would agree that a company
can’t be responsible for one bad actor. But
you will be held accountable for how you deal
with that bad actor. Your response—or lack
thereof—is part of your employer brand. It can
be the difference between keeping your top
performers and driving them away.
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Step 4: Respond and follow up
Help your victims feel
safe from the start
Avoid one-size-fits-all
outcomes
Harassment conversations are hard, so
make it clear from the beginning that the
victim did the right thing in speaking
up. They’re bound to field uncomfortable
questions later in the process, but the
first conversation sets the tone, so make
it as reassuring as possible.
‘Gray area’ offenses warrant ‘gray area’
responses, so be sure to tailor the response
to the severity of the offense. If you don’t,
employees may be less likely to report more
minor offenses (e.g., telling an inappropriate
joke) for fear of triggering major outcomes
(e.g., getting the joke-teller fired).
Hold people accountable
with visible responses
Follow up with victims
Respond to inappropriate behavior
publicly and with real consequences.
This shows other victims it’s worthwhile
to come forward and deters other
harassers from acting. What may be
short-term embarrassment for your
company can pay off big in the form of
a stronger culture and employer brand.
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Reach out to victims even after your
legal obligation is fulfilled. Get their
perspectives on the experience and what
could have been better. Empowering
victims and showing you care will
encourage others to come forward.
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“”
We have to be willing to shine an even
brighter light on workplace harassment.
Companies should be more public
about it. Being more honest and
forthcoming helps build stronger
workplace cultures in the long term.
Lauren Leader
CEO, All in Together
Importance of anti-harassment
around the world
Percentages of talent professionals who say anti-harassment is very
important to the future of recruiting and HR
87%
81%
78%
78%
78%
76%
76%
74%
72%
70%
57%
India
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Mexico
Brazil
Canada Middle East &
North Africa
Australia
Southeast
Asia
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US
Argentina
UK
Italy
56%
Spain
54%
France
52%
China
52%
Netherlands
51%
Northern
Europe
47%
Germany
Pay
transparency
Breaking the taboo to build trust
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“”
Transparency isn’t the goal. The
goal is paying everyone fairly, and
transparency forces us to do that.
Anil Dash
CEO, Glitch
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Pay
transparency
instills trust
Pay has always been a confidential topic in the workplace. Employers
fear that disclosing too much information about employee salaries
could cause wage disputes, limit their ability to negotiate, and
encourage competitors to poach talent.
But the benefits of pay transparency may outweigh these fears.
Not only does it set salary expectations with candidates early on,
transparency also clears up misinformation that could be hurting
employee morale and retention. That’s because when left in the dark,
most people tend to incorrectly assume they’re being underpaid.17
Most importantly, transparency can help ensure fair pay across
gender, race, and all other demographics, creating a more trusting
relationship with all employees.
+136%
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increase in pay
transparency content
shared on LinkedIn
since 2014
Early adopters are
leading the way
Businesses are split on transparency
Percentage of talent professionals who say their company shares
salary ranges with employees or early-stage candidates, or is
likely/unlikely to start sharing in the next 5 years
As it becomes easier for people to see and
share salaries on sites like PayScale, Glassdoor,
and LinkedIn, more companies are choosing
to own the conversation by sharing salary
information themselves.
Currently, 27% of talent professionals say
their company is transparent about pay. Of
those 27%, 67% of them share salary ranges
with candidates early in the hiring process,
59% share ranges with employees, and 48%
share ranges publicly on job posts. As the
transparency trend gains further momentum,
these numbers are expected to grow.
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51%
don’t share,
unlikely to start
27% 22%
share salary
ranges
don’t share,
likely to start
Companies fear disputes,
but those who share
salaries see benefits
Fear of upsetting employees is by far the most commonly cited
reason for not sharing salary ranges. Companies often worry
that people will immediately ask for the high end of a salary
range or become unhappy after seeing what others make.
According to talent professionals who practice it, pay
transparency makes the hiring process more efficient by
streamlining negotiations. It also helps ensure fair pay across
gender and race, which is why many governments have recently
introduced pay transparency laws.18
“Pay transparency removes the distrust people have,” says
engineering leader Leslie Miley, who has worked for the Obama
Foundation, Twitter, and Apple. “As an African American, I’m
always distrustful because all the data supports that I’m going to
be paid less. If you come out and say ‘this is what our salary is,
these are the ranges,’ that’s going to build trust.”
Reasons for not sharing salary ranges
Talent professionals who don’t share salary ranges with
candidates or employees cite the following reasons why
Could create salary disputes
75%
Not a common practice
37%
Limits negotiation
34%
Interview would focus on pay
31%
Benefits of sharing salary ranges
Talent professionals who do share salary ranges with
employees or candidates cite the following benefits
Streamlines negotiation
57%
Ensures fair pay
55%
Filters out those who’d decline
54%
Allows interview to focus on other things
51%
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7 steps
to establish
pay transparency
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Step 1
See how your
pay stacks up
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Conduct an internal audit to see how your pay
compares to competitors and whether you have
any major pay gaps across gender, race, and those
in similar roles. If you do find significant inequities,
detail a plan to fix them—whether by immediate
raises or changes to your promotion policies.
Step 2
Step 3
Step 4
Decide how
transparent you
want to be
Solicit
employee
input
Develop clear
compensation
criteria
There are many types and degrees
of pay transparency—you could
share salary ranges on job posts,
share ranges with employees (for
their own role or all roles), or even
publish exact salaries. Determine
what’s best for your company
and get executive buy-in before
bringing it to employees.
Get your employees involved in
the process. Share your proposed
policy details and expected
results with them across multiple
channels. Give employees several
ways to provide feedback and
share concerns, from anonymous
surveys to live Q&As and one-onone discussions.
Before rolling out pay
transparency, make sure you
can clearly answer what factors
determine an employee’s pay,
such as years of experience or
past performance. Qualify what
it takes to be at the minimum,
midpoint, and maximum of the
pay range.
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Step 5
Step 6
Step 7
Train managers
to discuss pay
appropriately
Take it
one step
at a time
Communicate
clearly as you roll
out the policy
Talking about salaries can be
uncomfortable. Training managers
how to answer questions and
explain compensation policies can
make it easier for employees to
have these conversations and feel
good about them.
A phased multiyear approach can
make for a smoother transition.
Consider sharing your plans and
training managers in the first year,
giving employees the salary ranges
for their own roles the next year,
and then sharing the ranges for all
roles in the third year.
Ensure employees have all the details
they need and continue to reinforce
the rationale behind transparency.
Tying your policies to your company’s
core values can strengthen both.
For example, you can connect pay
transparency to values like honesty,
integrity, diversity, communication,
or accountability.
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Case
studies
in pay transparency
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Buffer makes
exact salaries
public
“”
Pay transparency has absolutely helped boost
trust and morale, and productivity in general.
Workplace happiness is something that we
see in a lot of our employee surveys, too.
Hailley Griffis
Public Relations Director
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Why
Hailley Griffis, Buffer’s PR Director, makes $90,091. That’s no secret: at
Buffer, every employee’s salary is publicly available to anyone online.
Posting salaries online is one way Buffer lives up to its “default to
transparency” core value. The company also shares revenue numbers,
diversity metrics, and even layoff details.19
How
Before sharing salaries in 2013, Buffer got an opt-in from every employee—
which was easy because there were only 12 of them. But even as the team
grew to 80, only the occasional employee opted out (the salary for their
role is still public, but their name is removed). Buffer was ready to answer
the “why” behind the salary: they use a salary formula (also transparent) to
determine everyone’s pay based on experience, local cost-of-living, and
the market rate of the role. They use the formula in the hiring process to
avoid ever negotiating salaries.
Outcome
While it’s certainly an extreme policy, it’s popular with candidates and
employees alike. A month after publishing its salaries, Buffer received over
twice as many applications as it had in the previous 30 days.20 Employee
surveys show people are happy, and since the salary formula ensures equal
pay for equal work, they can rest assured that they’re being paid fairly.
CareHere shares
salary ranges
step-by-step
“”
Right now, transparency is a competitive advantage
for us. We’ll enjoy that while it lasts, but I hope other
employers embrace it. It’s the right thing to do, and
employees and candidates want it. We owe it to them
and we owe it to ourselves as HR professionals.
Jeremy Tolley
Chief People Officer
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Why
CareHere, a healthcare company with more than 1,200 employees, sensed
something was wrong. Despite their above-market salaries, employees often
assumed they were being paid unfairly—concerns that managers didn’t know
how to address. It was damaging CareHere’s employer brand, and they felt
like they were losing good people.
How
In 2017, CareHere adopted a three-year pay transparency plan to boost
retention. In 2018, they communicated their pay philosophy to all employees.
They also started telling employees the salary range for their own role,
sharing ranges with candidates, and training managers to discuss salaries.
By the end of 2019, CareHere hopes to have open salary ranges for all roles
internally and on job posts. Most importantly, they want employees to have
open, honest discussions with their managers about pay—especially if they’re
thinking about leaving.
Outcome
While CareHere’s pay transparency rollout is still in progress, employees
have reacted very positively thus far—and the candidate experience has
significantly improved. Sharing salary ranges early makes the process more
straightforward and has gotten rave reviews from candidates.
Starbucks
achieves
gender and
racial pay equity
“”
Sunshine is the best disinfectant. We can’t be
part of the solution until we know the problem.
No one expects your company to be perfect,
but they do expect it to be open and honest.
Sara Bowen
Global Leader, Inclusion, Diversity,
Equity & Accessibility
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Why
Starbucks has made transparency a core principle in the company’s
effort to close pay gaps across gender and race. And as part of their
vision of global pay equity, it’s simply the right thing to do, says Sara
Bowen, Global Leader of Starbucks’ Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and
Accessibility (IDEA) team.
How
In the past few years, the company stopped asking candidates about
salary histories and started providing pay ranges to candidates
who ask. For many roles, they also began using a calculator to
determine salaries based on experience and set salary ranges well
before candidate sourcing begins. Starbucks has also committed to
publishing its pay equity progress annually.
Outcome
In 2018, Starbucks announced that it achieved 100% pay equity for all
genders and races performing similar work in the United States,21 and
has committed to do the same globally for employees in companyoperated markets. These practices have bolstered its employer brand
and helped attract top talent.
Glitch uses
transparency to
ensure equality
When Anil Dash joined Glitch as CEO in 2016, he led a concerted
effort to improve diversity and inclusion at the company. Embracing
pay transparency was a clear way to assure candidates of all
backgrounds that they would be treated and compensated fairly.
How
Before adopting pay transparency, Glitch conducted an audit to ensure
its employees were paid fairly across gender and race. They were, but
employees had no way of knowing that. After proposing transparency
to employees, everyone was invited to share their thoughts in meetings
and anonymous surveys. Ultimately, they decided to start by sharing
salary ranges, rather than exact salaries, internally and on job posts.
“”
Transparency isn’t the goal. The
goal is paying everyone fairly, and
transparency forces us to do that.
Anil Dash
CEO
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Outcome
According to Anil, transparency builds trust, and trust allows the
company to keep its best talent. It has also brought unexpected
benefits: reviews and raises are more predictable, candidate feedback
has been positive, and job posts now routinely get hundreds of
applications and social media praise.
Pay transparency around
the world
Percentages of talent professionals who say pay transparency
is very important to the future of recruiting and HR
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81%
69%
64%
61%
57%
56%
55%
55%
54%
52%
51%
50%
50%
49%
44%
44%
34%
Argentina
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Mexico
Spain
China
India
Southeast
Asia
Brazil
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Canada
Middle East &
North Africa
US
Australia
France
UK
Italy
Netherlands
Northern
Europe
Germany
Methodology
Survey
Work flexibility
We surveyed 5,164 talent professionals and hiring managers who selfidentified as either talent professionals who work in a corporate HR/TA
department or hiring managers who have some authority over hiring
decisions for their team. These survey respondents are LinkedIn members
who were selected based on information in their LinkedIn profile and
contacted via email between September 18th and October 10th 2018.
We conducted a multilingual keyword analysis of words that indicate
remote and flexible work arrangements on LinkedIn job postings. Growth
rate refers to the growth in remote and flexible job postings as a share of
total job postings from September 2016 to August 2018. Employer value
proposition insights were generated through analysis of LinkedIn’s annual
Talent Drivers Survey of over 350,000 members. Gender was inferred
based on first name for 90% of respondents.
Behavioral data
Anti-harassment
Behavioral insights for this report were generated from the billions of data
points created by more than 590 million members in over 200 countries
on LinkedIn today. This analysis was performed during October 2018.
Soft skills
The soft skills companies need most was determined by looking at soft
skills that are in high demand relative to their supply. Demand is measured
by identifying the skills listed on the LinkedIn profiles of people who
are getting hired at the highest rates. Only cities with 100,000 LinkedIn
members were included.
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We performed a multilingual keyword analysis of content (including
articles, posts, and updates) by members and companies on topics related
to workplace harassment. The growth rate of 71% refers to the growth of
workplace harassment content as a share of total content from August 2017
to August 2018.
Pay transparency
We conducted a multilingual keyword search on LinkedIn content
(including articles, posts, and updates) by members and companies that
mentioned “pay transparency” and related or similar topics. The growth
rate refers to the growth of pay transparency content as a share of total
content from September 2014 to August 2018.
Sources and notes
1. Survey respondents were asked about a slightly broader definition of transparency that
also included sharing diversity metrics (“sharing salary ranges and diversity statistics with
candidates, employees, and/or the public”)
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Seriously, So Do Employees.” Harvard Business Review. December 14, 2018. | Source
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Source
16. The following LinkedIn Learning courses can help reinforce best practices: Preventing
Harassment in the Workplace, Dealing with Harassment at Work, and Creating a Positive and
Healthy Work Environment.
4. Tip from John Vlastelica, founder of talent acquisition consulting firm Recruiting Toolbox.
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Difference.” LinkedIn Talent Blog. July 17, 2017 | Source
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December 11, 2017. | Source
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and More.” Buffer Open Blog. August 23, 2017. | Source and Courtney Seiter. “Building a More
Inclusive Startup: Introducing the Diversity Dashboard.” Buffer Open Blog. June 26, 2015. | Source
and Joel Gascoigne. “Tough News: We’ve Made 10 Layoffs. How We Got Here, the Financial
Details and How We’re Moving Forward.” Buffer Open Blog. June 22, 2016. | Source
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Authors
Data
Design
Mike Chanler
Senior Market Research Manager
Ben Keyser
Senior Designer
Creative Studio
Greg Lewis
Content Marketing Manager
Colleen Dye
Senior Research Associate
Kaelin McGill
Supervisor
Creative Studio
Kate Reilly
Writer and Content Strategist
Catherine Coppinger
Insights Program Manager
Jared Smith
Senior Content Marketing Manager
Gina Nieh
Insights Analyst
Maria Ignatova
Thought Leadership Lead
Tudor Maris
Insights Analyst
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